Journal article
Brief report: unintentional injury risk among children with sensory impairments
Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.35(1), pp.45-50
01/2010
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp033
PMID: 19386769
Abstract
Pediatric injuries result from a multifaceted process involving a range of individual, interpersonal, and environmental influences. One risk that remains poorly understood is the role of children's perception and perceptual disabilities.
Injury counts (parent-report of injuries requiring professional medical treatment over the past year) in three groups of children were compared: those without vision or hearing sensory impairments, those with deficits who use eyeglasses or hearing aids, and those with deficits who do not use aids as recommended. A national sample of 7391 5-year-olds in the National Head Start/Public School Early Childhood Transition Demonstration Study was studied.
Injury counts over the past year were higher among children with sensory impairments, and higher still among children with sensory impairments who did not use prescribed sensory aids.
Awareness of increased injury risk among children with hearing and vision impairment could help professionals protect children from injury.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Brief report: unintentional injury risk among children with sensory impairments
- Creators
- David C Schwebel - University of Alabama at BirminghamCarl M Brezausek
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of pediatric psychology, Vol.35(1), pp.45-50
- DOI
- 10.1093/jpepsy/jsp033
- PMID
- 19386769
- NLM abbreviation
- J Pediatr Psychol
- ISSN
- 0146-8693
- eISSN
- 1465-735X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Research Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984949470702771
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